SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Details 2)-K (USD $)	12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014	Dec. 31, 2013
Developments
Land & improvements	$ 164,280,000us-gaap_LandImprovements	$ 194,282,000us-gaap_LandImprovements
Development costs	667,228,000hhc_PreDevelopmentCosts	293,874,000hhc_PreDevelopmentCosts
Condominium rights	82,795,000hhc_CondominiumRights
Total Developments	914,303,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess	488,156,000us-gaap_DevelopmentInProcess
Minimum [Member] \| Master Planned Communities [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	20 years
Residual value	$ 0
Maximum [Member] \| Master Planned Communities [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	40 years
Building and Building Improvements [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Building and Building Improvements [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	45 years
Equipment Tenant Improvements and Fixtures [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	5 years
Equipment Tenant Improvements and Fixtures [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	10 years
Computer, Hardware and Software and Vehicles [Member] \| Minimum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	3 years
Computer, Hardware and Software and Vehicles [Member] \| Maximum [Member]
Useful lives of assets
Estimated useful lives	5 years

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- Definition

Represents the amount of pre-development costs, which generally include legal and professional fees and other directly-related third-party costs associated with specific development properties and are capitalized as part of the property being developed.

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The current amount of expenditures for a real estate project that has not yet been completed.

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Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/presentationRef

-Publisher FASB

-Name Accounting Standards Codification

-Topic 944

-SubTopic 210

-Section S99

-Paragraph 1

-Subparagraph (SX 210.7-03.10)

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Amount before accumulated deprecation and depletion of additions or improvements to real estate held for productive use. Examples include, but are not limited to, walkways, driveways, fences, and parking lots.

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The estimated or actual value of the asset at the end of its useful life or when it is no longer serviceable (cannot be used for its original purpose).

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Useful life of long lived, physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale, in 'PnYnMnDTnHnMnS' format, for example, 'P1Y5M13D' represents the reported fact of one year, five months, and thirteen days. Examples include, but not limited to, land, buildings, machinery and equipment, office equipment, furniture and fixtures, and computer equipment.

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